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HIRAM CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS by HUBERT W. CLEMONS, 1989 - 2011 - HIRAM VILLAGE CEMETERY and PLEASANT RIDGE CEMETERY. Recorded fully as typed in Clemons's notebook in the collection of Hiram Historical Society in Great Ossipee Museum. Heading PAGE # = the page in Clemons's notebook. (1) = footnote

Last Name
First Name
Born
Died
Cemetery Name
Page #
Notes
Cram
Marilyn (see Emerson)
May 20,1978
Pleasant Ridge
18
Cram
Caroline (Sanborn)
1958
Pleasant Ridge
2
Cram
Eleanor F. (Sanborn)
June 11, 1973
Pleasant Ridge
16
Cram
Wayne
Nov 1, 1924
Pleasant Ridge
20
son of Carroll/Violet Stephens Cram
Cram
J. Raymond
1899
Dewc 12, 1941
Pleasant Ridge
2
son of Daniel/Bertha J. Allen Cram-J. Raymon/Lillian E. Sanborn Cram parents of Basil, Mona, Vernon and Melva.
Cram
Ithama J.
Nov 6, 1908
1966
Pleasant Ridge
6
son of Irving L/Ella F. Cram-died in automobile accident
Cram
Vernon N.
Apr 13, 1921
1952
Pleasant Ridge
2
son of J. Raymond/Lillian Sanborn Cram-husb of Caroline Sanborn-father of Dwight, Michael & Brenda (63yr)
Cram
D. Basil
1918
Jan 1, 1925
Pleasant Ridge
16
son of J. Raymond/Lillian Sanborn Cram-husb of Eleanor-D. Basil/Eleanor Cram parents of Katherine
Cram
Irving L.
Oct 9, 1884
July 20, 1936
Pleasant Ridge
6
son of John S./Nellie M. Merrifield Cram-Irving L./Ella F. Cram parents of Ithama J., Doris, and Evelyn Cram
Cram
Ella F. (Day)
Feb 3, 1891
1918
Pleasant Ridge
6
wife of Irving L. Cram-dau of Frank/Frances McLucas Day
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Footnotes

Footnotes:

ST-7 John C. Gilpatrick and his wife, Abigail Bond lived for many years by the brook-side near the Samuel Ridlon homestead in Hiram. When advanced in life,he removed to Limerick, where he died. John & Abigail were parents of Daniel & Ammi Gilpatrick. Ammi Gilpatrick married Esther Gray; they were parents of 11 children, including Charles F. Gilpatrick to whom the following obituary was written in a Portland newspaper on Feb. 9, 1914. Believed to be the only case of complete ossification on record. South Hiram, Feb. 9- at the home of his sister, Mrs. Alpheus Gilpatrick; Charles F. Gilpatrick, known all over New England and many other states as 'the ossified man', passed out of life Feb. 7, aged 57 years". Mr. Gilpatrick is believed to have been buried on family property to avoid exhumation of his body for medical research.

 

ST-12 William Stanley, son of William, was born in Shapleigh, ME in 1778. He married Susanna Morrison, certificate granted Dec.12,1797, and followed his brother Joseph to Parsonsfield. He soon moved to Hiram, where he built a house and mill and cleared a farm. He died April 27, 1822, age 46yrs; his wife died July16, 1836 age 56yr. They were buried on his land at South Hiram, where their gravestones now stand. William and Susanna were parents of Esther who married Samuel Ridlon; Isaac who married Susan Gould; William who married Nancy Perkins; Jacob who married Betsey Thompson; Joseph who married Olive Peters; Deborah who married Daniel Gould; Olive who married George Gould; and Rev. John who married Salone Stacy. Information from Geideon T. Ridlon's SACO VALLEY SETTLEMENTS AND FAMILIES.

 

ST-22 NOTE: The following are listed in Preston Stanley's (local funeral director for many years) record books as having been buried in the Stanley Cemetery, South Hiram. They may be in unmarked graves.

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